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look a lot like montana. montana's government is open. not only for folks like you mike and folks in the audience to be able access database that's tell people what's going on in washington d.c. we are 2,000 miles away. often, access to those databases lets people know what is going on. it is critically important. i will not get into infrastructure or veterans. my time is up. >> thank you, senator rehberg, one minute. >> there are two paths we can take this in country. senator tester and president obama have taken one path. he's voted with president obama 95% of the time. what have that given us, it's given us healthcare reform. it did not reform health care. it added more people to a failed system. it gave us the failed stimulus. the only shovel ready project really funded in a large sort of way was adding additional trillion dollars debt on our middle class. it also gave us not necessarily an energy policy but an environmental policy. you don't have to look very far down the veto to see the closing plant. it will cost us 35 jobs. it's g
look a lot like montana. montana's government is open. not only for folks like you mike and folks in the audience to be able access database that's tell people what's going on in washington d.c. we are 2,000 miles away. often, access to those databases lets people know what is going on. it is critically important. i will not get into infrastructure or veterans. my time is up. >> thank you, senator rehberg, one minute. >> there are two paths we can take this in country. senator...
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montana's government is open. not only for folks like you mike and folks in the audience to be able access database that's tell people what's going on in washington d.c. >> thank you, senator rehberg, one minute. >> there are two paths we can take this in country. senator tester and president obama have taken one path. he's voted with president obama 95% of the time. what have that given us, it's given us healthcare reform. it gave us the failed stimulus. the only shovel ready project really funded in a large sort of way was adding additional trillion dollars debt on our middle class. it also gave us not necessarily an energy policy but an environmental policy. you don't have to look very far down the veto to see the closing plant. it will cost us 35 jobs. it's going to cost the city of billings over $10 million a year in income in the surrounding area. that's entire city of billings. that's the kind of economics we've gotten from the failed policy of president obama and from the failed policy of senator tester. >
montana's government is open. not only for folks like you mike and folks in the audience to be able access database that's tell people what's going on in washington d.c. >> thank you, senator rehberg, one minute. >> there are two paths we can take this in country. senator tester and president obama have taken one path. he's voted with president obama 95% of the time. what have that given us, it's given us healthcare reform. it gave us the failed stimulus. the only shovel ready...
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i have talked about montana and people working together. the first thing you do when you've got a grass fire, the firefighters put it out and they put their but on their line and you do not respond and say thank you by filing a lawsuit, which is exactly what he did. that is not moving the committee forward. it has been a pleasure for the last six years to represent the great state of montana. people like thomas, who is a veteran in afghanistan and is still a part of active military. he lost part of his legs and an arm. he will have prosthetic legs at some point. to be able to move forward, those people give me a drive for this job. a person like lisa jones, who is a cancer survivor. she went to a committee health center that would not have been there if the congress men had gotten his way. she got a cure for cancer. critically important for early screening. and those kinds of people motivate me. and we have been able to work across party lines and do some great things in the past few years there are far more things to do. there are issues w
i have talked about montana and people working together. the first thing you do when you've got a grass fire, the firefighters put it out and they put their but on their line and you do not respond and say thank you by filing a lawsuit, which is exactly what he did. that is not moving the committee forward. it has been a pleasure for the last six years to represent the great state of montana. people like thomas, who is a veteran in afghanistan and is still a part of active military. he lost...
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follow live at -- that begins at 8:00 eastern, followed by the montana senate race at 9:00 between the incumbent and a republican congressman. that is tomorrow on c-span. see the vice presidential debate this thursday night, live on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. watch and engage. next, a discussion on the future of race as a qualifier for college of mission. then an update on the current situation in syria, followed by a discussion on that nation's future. >> this week, the supreme court hears all arguments in fisher vs. university of texas, which deals with race-based admission policies in colleges and universities. the century foundation released in europe or promoting using class status as a alternative to race-based criteria in admissions policies. they posted this forum. it is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you all for coming. my name is richard kahlenberg. i am a senior fellow at the century foundation, which is a small think tank with headquarters in new york. we have a small office here in washington as well. it was founded in 1919 by a man whose
follow live at -- that begins at 8:00 eastern, followed by the montana senate race at 9:00 between the incumbent and a republican congressman. that is tomorrow on c-span. see the vice presidential debate this thursday night, live on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. watch and engage. next, a discussion on the future of race as a qualifier for college of mission. then an update on the current situation in syria, followed by a discussion on that nation's future. >> this week, the...
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pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, north carolina, iowa, louisiana, oklahoma, and montana. guest: the census does not ask about citizenship. then a lot of people may not cooperate with the senses. you need to have everybody counted in the senses. they need that information. if you are a community, you need to know how many schools to build. if you need to know where to locate your storage you are a business. we do not want to lose them permission. where we're getting the alternative information is through a census called the american community surveys and they asked about citizenship there. host: our guest, leonard steinhorn, writes last week in a column -- guest: exactly. that's the trouble with this. we should take that off the table. this is about how we vote on an elected president. the electoral college is very flawed. it doesn't represent one-person, one-vote. wyoming gets three electoral college votes for every -- in california, they get one vote fro every 600,000. combined they get one extra vote. it turns a national election into an election for battleground states
pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, north carolina, iowa, louisiana, oklahoma, and montana. guest: the census does not ask about citizenship. then a lot of people may not cooperate with the senses. you need to have everybody counted in the senses. they need that information. if you are a community, you need to know how many schools to build. if you need to know where to locate your storage you are a business. we do not want to lose them permission. where we're getting the alternative information is...
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a call from carmen in montana. you are on. and independent. caller: i think government is here to help us to the intangible things we cannot do as individuals by ourselves. and i just wanted to say that headlines down there in denver or colorado where romney wins. i thought that was very disingenuous of the press in denver by not finding out the and reporting in the morning that mitt romney slide. because that was awful disgraceful what was going on during the debate, lying like that over and over again. flipping and flopping. i wanted people to know that the press was not there to do their job. there were there to sway opinion. i thought that was disgraceful for the -- for them to do that. >> back to you facebook. here is a post from humidity builders. and they write to us -- government is the way that -- how we do together what we cannot do alone. -- this your rights -- if you'd like to post on facebook -- is facebook.com cspan. caller: thank you for the opportunity. first of all, a lot of the smart people out there in the c-span family stol
a call from carmen in montana. you are on. and independent. caller: i think government is here to help us to the intangible things we cannot do as individuals by ourselves. and i just wanted to say that headlines down there in denver or colorado where romney wins. i thought that was very disingenuous of the press in denver by not finding out the and reporting in the morning that mitt romney slide. because that was awful disgraceful what was going on during the debate, lying like that over and...
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then they win in north dakota, montana, nebraska, maybe they pick up, i do not know what to think about wisconsin, but that is another one. >> people often say that about wisconsin. >> the guy from indiana. >> people do not think about indiana -- i do. >> that really, to me, is the state that will tell us the most. >> is this the theme of the senate races this year? people in very close races in a really nasty states, wether is scott brown in massachusetts, heitkamp in north dakota, donnelly in indiana -- you could have an olympic gold medal winning swimmer, but how bad can the undertow get before they get sucked under? take massachusetts, where brown has to basically win 100% of the republican vote and 100% of the independent vote and one out of five democrats. when every romney voter plus 200,000 obama supporters have to split their tickets. >> if all the people won, the senate would look different. they are opposite parties in states that do not traditionally elect somebody from their party. they would have to be those down the middle, need to compromise kind of people. it would sugg
then they win in north dakota, montana, nebraska, maybe they pick up, i do not know what to think about wisconsin, but that is another one. >> people often say that about wisconsin. >> the guy from indiana. >> people do not think about indiana -- i do. >> that really, to me, is the state that will tell us the most. >> is this the theme of the senate races this year? people in very close races in a really nasty states, wether is scott brown in massachusetts,...
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then they win in north dakota, montana, nebraska, maybe they pick up, i do not know what to think about wisconsin, but that is another one. >> people often say that about wisconsin. >> the guy from indiana. >> people do not think about indiana -- i do. >> that really, to me, is the state that will tell us the most. >> is this the theme of the senate races this year? people in very close races in a really nasty states, wether is scott brown in massachusetts, heitkamp in north dakota, donnelly in indiana -- you could have an olympic gold medal winning swimmer, but how bad can the undertow get before they get sucked under? take massachusetts, where brown has to basically win 100% of the republican vote and 100% of the independent vote and one out of five democrats. when every romney voter plus 200,000 obama supporters have to split their tickets. >> if all the people won, the senate would look different. they are opposite parties in states that do not traditionally elect somebody from their party. they would have to be those down the middle, need to compromise kind of people. it would sugg
then they win in north dakota, montana, nebraska, maybe they pick up, i do not know what to think about wisconsin, but that is another one. >> people often say that about wisconsin. >> the guy from indiana. >> people do not think about indiana -- i do. >> that really, to me, is the state that will tell us the most. >> is this the theme of the senate races this year? people in very close races in a really nasty states, wether is scott brown in massachusetts,...
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i suggested senator metcalf of montana and senator mccarthy of minnesota. neither one of whom had to face3 election last year. he went to metcalf first. he practically threw them part of his office. i will not run against a democratic president for the nomination. i have no interest in being president of the united states. i am enjoying being a united states senator. they went to mccarthy. to my surprise he said, i just might do that. he came over onto the senate floor. he said your guys came over to see me. i think i just might do that. i did not expect that. i did not expect him to do as well as he did. i told that robert kennedy, do you realize that mccarthy will run for president? he has finished his term. that is what he says. bobby had been urged to run against johnson and had turned it down. he probably thought it was hopeless. when he realized jane was going to do it, he began to realize, i should get into this thing. we had two senators campaigning for the nomination in addition to johnson, it was at that point after bobby got into the race that jo
i suggested senator metcalf of montana and senator mccarthy of minnesota. neither one of whom had to face3 election last year. he went to metcalf first. he practically threw them part of his office. i will not run against a democratic president for the nomination. i have no interest in being president of the united states. i am enjoying being a united states senator. they went to mccarthy. to my surprise he said, i just might do that. he came over onto the senate floor. he said your guys came...
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host: jack, sydney, montana, what information do you need to make your decision? caller: i would like to know who paid for the obama book when he got out of college. these professors say that they do not know how you conceal your record and say that he has been completely that it when this is not true. also, there is some stuff on the internet that obama -- obama was speaking with a tag on it. how can this be kept quiet? host: sounds like you have left -- made up your mind. caller: i could say the same thing about mitt romney, who destroyed his computers to hide his records. host: do you think that's he should release more of his tax returns? caller: i do not care. that is his business. talking about a 47%, that is a true statement. turning this around, it is like what is going on in libya. the butt is supposed to stop somewhere. host: sounds like you have made up your mind. what are you are -- what are you on the fence about? caller: how can we know who to vote for when the truth is not out there. host: alonso. caller: this last caller is a prime example as to wh
host: jack, sydney, montana, what information do you need to make your decision? caller: i would like to know who paid for the obama book when he got out of college. these professors say that they do not know how you conceal your record and say that he has been completely that it when this is not true. also, there is some stuff on the internet that obama -- obama was speaking with a tag on it. how can this be kept quiet? host: sounds like you have left -- made up your mind. caller: i could say...
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not just montana. they are competing with other emerging economies across the planet. we have to invest in our cells. -- in ourselves. i was astonished knowing the importance of a quality education when my opponent voted to slash grants and voted to increase the interest payments on student loans. that is how i went to school. that is how thousands of nevada at middle income families go to school. they depend on it. my opponent voted to slash. and he in -- he voted to double. as far as the department of education is concerned, at the lincoln county dinner, he very clearly said it is exactly what he would do, eliminate the department of education. it was picked up by "the times." >> thank you. >> that is not accurate but that is fine. i am not surprised she will continue with that. my opponent in 2010 voted against the loan program. it helped generations of americans get their education. she has to be careful with what she said. my wife is a schoolteacher. she taught school and works within school districts. she understands the importance of parents, teachers, and princ
not just montana. they are competing with other emerging economies across the planet. we have to invest in our cells. -- in ourselves. i was astonished knowing the importance of a quality education when my opponent voted to slash grants and voted to increase the interest payments on student loans. that is how i went to school. that is how thousands of nevada at middle income families go to school. they depend on it. my opponent voted to slash. and he in -- he voted to double. as far as the...
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there are small number states and some of them have small populations, like montana and other places around the country where it's relatively cheap to be involved in a big way on television or in other ways of communicating with a relatively small number of voters. so there's a lot of focus on those senate races. and this weekend i spent time looking at some house races. there are about 60 across the country that are up for grabs it. they are pretty close. the campaigns are raising a lot of money in those districts. certainly, more than $1 million for each candidate and often more than $2 million or $3 million. it was noteworthy that these outside groups in many of these districts, in 15 or so of these 60 closest house races, more money has been spent by the outside groups that has been spent by the candidates combined. in almost half of those races, in about 30 cases, more money spent for particular candidate by outside groups than that candidate has spent on their own. so they're playing a big role in these elections, that's right. ultimately, now we've seen outside money go past $
there are small number states and some of them have small populations, like montana and other places around the country where it's relatively cheap to be involved in a big way on television or in other ways of communicating with a relatively small number of voters. so there's a lot of focus on those senate races. and this weekend i spent time looking at some house races. there are about 60 across the country that are up for grabs it. they are pretty close. the campaigns are raising a lot of...
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senate in montana. incumbent than a -- incumbent democrat john tester is battling danny lee burke. >> c-span's campaign website provides on demand coverage of all the presidential and vice presidential debates. it is the only place where you will see our live coverage of behind-the-scenes fight and sounds behind the scenes at the debate. each question is available as a separate clip or you can see it and watched by topic. you can read it streaming we -- streaming tweets from reporters. >> and the human rights campaign, a group advocating for equal rights for lesbians, gay, and transsexual people. highlighting the event was new jersey mayor cory booker to talk about what he calls a common ancestry shared in the civil rights and gay rights movement. first, you'll hear from the group's president to discuss what is at stake in the november election for those fighting for gay-rights and marriage quality. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you washington. thank you for that warm, warm wel
senate in montana. incumbent than a -- incumbent democrat john tester is battling danny lee burke. >> c-span's campaign website provides on demand coverage of all the presidential and vice presidential debates. it is the only place where you will see our live coverage of behind-the-scenes fight and sounds behind the scenes at the debate. each question is available as a separate clip or you can see it and watched by topic. you can read it streaming we -- streaming tweets from reporters....
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so then they win in north dakota, montana, nebraska. and maybe they do pick up -- i don't know what to think about wisconsin but that's another one -- people often say that about wisconsin. >> says the guy from indiana. >> a little jab. >> people don't think about indiana. >> i do. >> so that really to me is the state that will tell us the most. >> if there's a theme in the senate race this year is people in very close races and really nasty states. and whether it's scott brown a republican in massachusetts or hide camp in north dakota or in indiana or linda in hawaii, it's a bunch of people -- and i think of it as it's like you could have an olympic gold medal winning swimmer but how bad can the undertoe get before they get sucked under? and you take massachusetts where brown's got to basically win 100% of the republican vote and 100% of the independent vote and one out of five democrats. or win every romney voter plus maybe 200,000 obama supporters have to split their tickets. wow. that's really hard. >> but that goes to the point, to
so then they win in north dakota, montana, nebraska. and maybe they do pick up -- i don't know what to think about wisconsin but that's another one -- people often say that about wisconsin. >> says the guy from indiana. >> a little jab. >> people don't think about indiana. >> i do. >> so that really to me is the state that will tell us the most. >> if there's a theme in the senate race this year is people in very close races and really nasty states. and...
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another example, mitt romney is going to win montana. many people will vote for him, so why would you vote for democrats in the senate. confirming his independence in the state of massachusetts. mccaskill is trying to distance herself from obama in missouri. coattails' do not make the same difference as they did in the past. they try to difference themselves. host: here is a story from "the plain dealer" in ohio. guest: why is he competitive? the answer is money. brown is a very liberal senator elected in 2006. he is baby faced and also the strait -- state treasurer. he was elected statewide. brown still has the lead. maybe six points or seven points, competitive because the has so much money. host: wichita, kan., democratic line. caller: i am really concerned as to when our members of congress are going to step up and address some things, like the drug war that has put many people in prison. incarcerating our citizens. this horrible drug war, whether we going to start talking about that? it is a brick on the head of so many people who c
another example, mitt romney is going to win montana. many people will vote for him, so why would you vote for democrats in the senate. confirming his independence in the state of massachusetts. mccaskill is trying to distance herself from obama in missouri. coattails' do not make the same difference as they did in the past. they try to difference themselves. host: here is a story from "the plain dealer" in ohio. guest: why is he competitive? the answer is money. brown is a very...
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i just sat back from fly-fishing in montana and i was on federal land fly-fishing. i was on federal land where nothing is going on and i enjoyed that. i don't want to be fly-fishing next to an oil well or fracking liquid that is stored in pits that is poisonous. i just don't understand mr. romney saying we should be drilling like crazy on federal land. that just goes to show how he is uneducated about the circle of life in the natural environments. that's all i have to say. host: thanks for the call. guest: fracking and coal are major issues. the romney campaign has tried to cultivate those votes. they have gotten into trouble here and there on coal. fracking is something the state of ohio has proceeded on and have opened up state plans to do that. the state believes they are sitting on a potential gold mine, the marcellus shale and utica sale in the northeast corner of the state. romney is trying to tap into that. i have not dared the president speaks much about much of opposing coal. -- i have not heard the president's speech much about opposing coal. host: do the
i just sat back from fly-fishing in montana and i was on federal land fly-fishing. i was on federal land where nothing is going on and i enjoyed that. i don't want to be fly-fishing next to an oil well or fracking liquid that is stored in pits that is poisonous. i just don't understand mr. romney saying we should be drilling like crazy on federal land. that just goes to show how he is uneducated about the circle of life in the natural environments. that's all i have to say. host: thanks for the...
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at 9:00, live coverage of the montana governors' debate. you can watch it live on spend too. -- cpsan2. >> i watch the various congressional hearings and deliberations. also information that is put out by the times here in d.c. i like to watch the main interviews on sundays at 8:00. where he hosts different authors and we have discussions about the books they have written. it is an easy way to get information in those books without having to read the book. >> he watches c-span on comcast. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> in his comments on tax policy, democratic senator chuck schumer get against cutting taxes and capital gains tax rates should be raised. he spoke an answer questions at the national press club for about an hour. >> good morning. we are starting right on time. thank you for coming. i want to thank those of you joining us on c-span. i am a member of the newsmaker committee of the national press club. on behalf of the national press club, we
at 9:00, live coverage of the montana governors' debate. you can watch it live on spend too. -- cpsan2. >> i watch the various congressional hearings and deliberations. also information that is put out by the times here in d.c. i like to watch the main interviews on sundays at 8:00. where he hosts different authors and we have discussions about the books they have written. it is an easy way to get information in those books without having to read the book. >> he watches c-span on...
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here is a call from hamilton, montana. good morning. an independent. caller: yes, i think government is here to help us to the intangible things we cannot do as individuals by ourselves. i just wanted to say that headlines down there in denver or romney wins, i thought that was very disingenuous of the press in denver. there was a report in the morning that romney light. that was disgraceful, what was going on in there during the day, -- during the debate, him lying like that. i want the people to know that the press was not there to do their job. they were there to sway opinion and i thought that was disgraceful for the denver press to do that. host: thank you so much. back to facebook -- the post from community builders, san bernardino -- host: if you like to post on facebook about the role of government, it is facebook.com and find the c-span side. next, a democrat. caller: good morning and thank you for the opportunity. first of all, a lot of these smart people out there in the c- span family stole my thunder on a lot of points. but i think, basica
here is a call from hamilton, montana. good morning. an independent. caller: yes, i think government is here to help us to the intangible things we cannot do as individuals by ourselves. i just wanted to say that headlines down there in denver or romney wins, i thought that was very disingenuous of the press in denver. there was a report in the morning that romney light. that was disgraceful, what was going on in there during the day, -- during the debate, him lying like that. i want the people...